Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2655 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Celestron
• Model: 93970
• Released on: 2007-09-02
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 8.00" w x 12.00" l, 3.31 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
The SkyScout is a revolutionary handheld device that uses advanced GPS technology with point and click convenience to instantly identify thousands of stars, planets, constellations and more.

Identify: Simply point the SkyScout at any star in the sky and click the "target” button. The SkyScout will instantly tell you what object you are looking at.

Locate: To locate a star or planet, select the objects name from the menu and follow the directional arrows through the viewfinder. SkyScout tells you when you are on target. Its that easy!

Learn: Once you have targeted an object the real fun begins. The SkyScout includes entertaining and educational audio and text information, including facts, trivia, history and mythology about our most popular celestial objects. A fun learning tool for all ages, the SkyScout personal planetarium puts the knowledge of an expert astronomer in the palm of your hand.

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Customer Reviews

Amazing educational device
Purchased at excellent price via Amazon from Digital Depot. Arrived quickly, just in time for a period of excellent viewing with clear skies. It got a perfect GPS fix in minutes in the garden and it was spot on with objects such as Polaris and the few bright stars that I knew. With stars unknown to me, it immediately recognised them, displayed their name and made an audio description available for many. It guided me straight to Saturn and the audio description was very informative. In just a couple of days use I am more knowledgeable about the constellations, can recognise far more by eye and have thoroughly enjoyed using the SkyScout. I have now ordered the companion 90mm refractor telescope and look forward to using the SkyScout as a 'manual go-to' system. I have the two SkyTour cards on order and look forward to learning more with these.

The SkyScout is fantastic value for money and something I can highly recommend to budding astronomers.

Nice Device for the Novice
This tool makes learning about the sky very easy and interesting. Have found its positional accuracy very good; the target is nearly always very central within the circular cursors; it seems better than the manufacturer's specification! Only negative observation is that it seems to take longer to find its position than is the case with the best consumer GPSs.

SkyScout
Wow! How does Celestron get all that technology into such a small package?
Could not be easier to use and amazing On-line Info, forum etc. Under £200 absolutely brilliant